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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 8334237, member: 110350"]A very nice example of the type, [USER=87809]@cmezner[/USER]. Congratulations! The tetradrachm version is one of the many Alexandrian coins on my want list.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have four Roman Alexandrian drachms:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/4-drachmae-alexandria-obvs-1-jpg.1449475/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/4-drachmae-alexandria-revs-2-jpg.1449476/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>But only two were issued by Hadrian: one showing Isis Pharia with the Pharos (Year 17), and one showing a Sphinx (Year 18):</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/hadrian-isis-pharia-drachm-cng-2016-image-combined-3-jpg.1449473/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/hadrian-isis-pharia-drachm-reverse-jpg.1449474/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>This is the dealer's photo; the color of the actual coin is more of a chocolate brown, like the photo of it in the tray: </p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/combined-hadrian-sphinx-alexandria-jpg.1391974/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 8334237, member: 110350"]A very nice example of the type, [USER=87809]@cmezner[/USER]. Congratulations! The tetradrachm version is one of the many Alexandrian coins on my want list. I have four Roman Alexandrian drachms: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/4-drachmae-alexandria-obvs-1-jpg.1449475/[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/4-drachmae-alexandria-revs-2-jpg.1449476/[/IMG] But only two were issued by Hadrian: one showing Isis Pharia with the Pharos (Year 17), and one showing a Sphinx (Year 18): [I] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/hadrian-isis-pharia-drachm-cng-2016-image-combined-3-jpg.1449473/[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/hadrian-isis-pharia-drachm-reverse-jpg.1449474/[/IMG] [/I] This is the dealer's photo; the color of the actual coin is more of a chocolate brown, like the photo of it in the tray: [I][IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/combined-hadrian-sphinx-alexandria-jpg.1391974/[/IMG][/I][/QUOTE]
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